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PBS
Nov 18, 2016
52 m

PBS
Nov 18, 2016
52 m

Soundbreaking

Summary The eight-part documentary series look into the history and growth of recording music with interviews with a variety of artists including Beck, Bon Iver, Brian Eno, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Daniel Lanois, Beatles producer George Martin (who also produced the series before his death in March), Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, Q-...

Directed By: James Manera, Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre

PBS
Nov 18, 2016
52 m

PBS
Nov 18, 2016
52 m

S1 • Episode 5

Four on the Floor

Air Date: Nov 18, 2016

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Summary The eight-part documentary series look into the history and growth of recording music with interviews with a variety of artists including Beck, Bon Iver, Brian Eno, Elton John, Quincy Jones, Daniel Lanois, Beatles producer George Martin (who also produced the series before his death in March), Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Tom Petty, Q-...

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Episode 1 • Nov 14, 2016 • 52 m

The Art of Recording

Looks at how the record producer realizes an artist's vision and captures it for posterity. Explores the styles of some of the biggest producers in the business including Sam Phillips, George Martin, Phil Spector, Dr. Dre, and Rick Rubin.

Episode 2 • Nov 15, 2016 • 53 m

Painting with Sound

Explores how the recording studio itself became an instrument. From the advent of magnetic tape, charts the evolution of multi-track recording and reveals how artists with ingenuity and imagination transformed the sound of popular music.

Episode 3 • Nov 16, 2016 • 53 m

The Human Instrument

The vocal track is one of the most fundamental parts of a song but it can be the most challenging to capture, both technically and to get the emotional quality of the music. This explores the art and science of recording the human voice.

Episode 4 • Nov 17, 2016 • 52 m

Tells the story of how electricity has been harnessed and channeled to create new and never-before-heard sounds, tracing both the chain reaction unleashed by the invention of the electric guitar and the evolution of synthesized music.

Episode 5 • Nov 18, 2016 • 52 m

Four on the Floor

If vocals are the heart of a song, the rhythm track, the beat, is its body; the element that hits a primal part of us and makes us move. This show looks at rhythm in music, breaks the beat down and examines the endless experimentation.

Episode 6 • Nov 21, 2016 • 52 m

The World Is Yours

This show looks at how the technique of sampling, using bits of recorded sound or borrowing fragments from existing records, created a new genre of music and sparked a musical revolution.

Episode 7 • Nov 22, 2016 • 52 m

Sound and Vision

Chronicles how the music industry was overhauled when MTV forged an inextricable link between recorded music and music videos. Tracks the music video from MTV to the Internet and illuminates the music video's role in popular music today.

Episode 8 • Nov 23, 2016 • 53 m

Vinyl record, cassette tape, CD, and MP3; each generation has had its own type of music media. The format used for listening determines how and where we listen, as well as the manner in which we collect, store, and share the music we love.

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